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Hi all, If any of you have seen the 8856's rotor, the whole thing is tilted by use of the flex system. But from what I've read from the net (and a coworker who claims to know about real helicopters), it doesn't work that way at all. Since english is (...) (22 years ago, 13-Feb-03, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Helicopter rotor in 8856... unrealistic?
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(...) Hi Stephane, That is similar to the rotor in (URL) - and no, it is not how real rotors generally work. Here's another page with a lot of great info about how helicopters work: (URL) could probably model a more realistic swash plate with those (...) (22 years ago, 13-Feb-03, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Helicopter rotor in 8856... unrealistic?
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(...) move forwards backwards or sideways. If you tilt the rotor (as is done in these sets) the only thing that happens is that the fusalage of the helecoptor tilts. In a real helecoptor the blades's pitch varies as it rotates around the hub. The (...) (22 years ago, 13-Feb-03, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) It has already been made by Lego in 1977, 852 Reconnoitre Helicopter. Wonder why they did not do that later on also? /Pehter (22 years ago, 13-Feb-03, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Helicopter rotor in 8856... unrealistic?
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(...) The rotor design in that set isn't quite right either, though its closer to real life. In the 852, the control stick changes the pitch of the rotor blades, but the pitch angle stays the same as the blades spin around the hub. In a real (...) (22 years ago, 13-Feb-03, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Yep, but 852 only has collective control, and relies on gravity! Ben's has limited cyclic control (nose up/down), and no collective, but that's just a limitation imposed by the original 8444 model - full collective and cyclic could be done (...) (22 years ago, 13-Feb-03, to lugnet.technic)
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